Analysis and Research on Hydraulic Characteristic Parameters and Related Sensitivity Changes of Groundwater Layers during Pumping Tests

Sensitivity analyses are an important component of modeling test, which represents the process of evaluating the sensitivity of groundwater flow to changes in hydraulic parameters. This can useful to understand the operating rules of the groundwater system. The major research area including regulating the transport of hydrogeological contamination, planning groundwater protection measures before land development and managing groundwater resources.

In this study, we choose to use the adjoint equation method to conduct the sensitivity analysis of the simulation field, which is used to analyze the sensitivity of the head to the model parameters (transmissivity and storativity) in the case of pumping under a two-dimensional transient heterogeneous groundwater parameter field. we will also consider the spatial correlation of the parameter field, which is often ignored in previous literature. In groundwater sensitivity analysis, spatial correlation can effectively improve the efficiency of the analysis and reduce the total computational cost in the adjoint equation method.

And then we will perform dimensionless analysis on the analytical solution that has been derived. This will make the analysis method no longer affected by the physical meaning, so that the equation can be applied to different situations without the need to re-derive or calculate, thus increasing the application range of the model.

The results will be numerically verified with the VSAFT2 numerical model, which is developed based on the adjoint method. A multi-well work area will be created that can simultaneously calculate the sensitivity coefficient change rate of multiple observation wells and a single pumping well. This will help to more effectively simulate the water flow and sensitivity at the field pumping site, and effectively expand the results of previous literature that only studied dual-well experiments.